Problem: Mike A software engineering consultant. The chief information officer of a regional gasoline distribution corporation, Mike, wants to develop a software product that will carry out all the company's accounting functions and provide online information to the head office staff regarding orders and inventory in the various company storage tanks. Computers must be for 21 accounting clerks, 15 order clerks, and 37 storage clerks.
As an addition, 14 managers need access to the data. The company is willing to pay $30,000 for the hardware and the software together and wants the complete software product in 4 weeks. What should Mike tell him? Remember that the company wants his corporation's business, no matter how unreasonable his quest is.